Final Cut Pro
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Professional post-production

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Description

Redesigned from the ground up, Final Cut Pro combines revolutionary video editing with powerful media organization and incredible performance to let you create at the speed of thought.

Revolutionary Video Editing• The Magnetic Timeline uses advanced metadata for faster, easier editing• Enhanced Timeline Index lets you drag and drop audio roles to rearrange the layout of your timeline• Use Clip Connections to attach B-roll, sound effects, and music to the timeline• Reduce clutter by grouping clips into a Compound Clip• Cycle through different shots, graphics, or effects at one place in the timeline with Auditions• Edit multicamera projects with automatic syncing based on audio waveforms and support for up to 64 camera angles• Import and edit 360° equirectangular video in a wide range of formats and frame sizes• Create, edit, and deliver closed captions from within Final Cut Pro• Extend the capabilities of Final Cut Pro with third-party workflow extensions that open within the Final Cut Pro interface

Powerful Media Organization• Organize your work within libraries for efficient media management and collaboration• Content Auto-Analysis captures camera metadata and analyzes shots in the background• Create and apply custom keywords or favorites on the fly as you select clip ranges• Smart Collections dynamically organize content for you to quickly find any shot in a few clicks

Incredible Performance• Final Cut Pro uses all the GPUs in your Mac for superior real-time playback performance and fast background rendering• 64-bit architecture uses all the RAM in your system for larger projects and richer effects• Background processing lets you keep working without interruption• Work natively with a broad range of formats including ProRes, RED, XAVC, AVCHD, H.264, HEVC from DSLRs, and more

Intuitive Color Grading• Import, edit, and deliver video in standard color spaces, or in wide Rec. 2020 color space• Improve the look of any clip with one-click Balance Color• Manipulate color, saturation, and exposure with the Color Board• Powerful color wheels and curves for precise adjustments with keying and masks

One-Step, Optimized Output• Incredibly fast export for playback on Apple devices and upload to websites such as Vimeo and YouTube• Use themed menus to author and burn a DVD or Blu-ray disc• Export audio stems and multiple versions of a finished video using roles metadata• Import and export XML for third-party workflows like color grading and sound mixing

What’s New

Mar 21, 2019

Version 10.4.6

• Detects media files that may be incompatible with future versions of macOS after Mojave and converts them to a compatible format • Fixes an issue that could cause share destinations to disappear from the share menu after quitting Final Cut Pro• Fixes an issue that could cause the workflow extension button to disappear when resizing the interface• Fixes an issue in which the Select Clip command could incorrectly select the clip beneath the playhead• Fixes an issue in which a successful share notification appears after the share operation was cancelled• Fixes an issue in which frames saved to the frame browser in the Comparison Viewer may appear differently than they do in the viewer• Fixes an issue in which frequency information for Hum Removal may not be visible in the audio inspector • Fixes an issue in which relinked media may appear with black thumbnails in the browser and timeline• Fixes an issue in which the share menu may be obscured behind the viewer when using Final Cut Pro in fullscreen mode • Improves reliability when sharing video to YouTube

Introduced in Version 10.4.4Workflow extensions• Extend the capabilities of Final Cut Pro with third-party extensions that open directly within the app interface• Drag and drop clips between the extension window, browser, and timeline• Connect to existing third-party accounts to access projects, download media, and purchase content• Deep integration allows extensions to control timeline playback, navigation, clip markers, and more • Workflow extensions include tools for collaboration (Frame.io), stock media (Shutterstock), and asset management (CatDV)

Batch share• Export and transcode multiple clips in the browser — with or without a camera LUT — for fast turnaround of dailies and other reviews• Select and export multiple projects• Combine batch sharing with bundles to encode multiple files to multiple formats in one step• Monitor export progress in the background tasks window

Video noise reduction• Apply the high-quality, drag-and-drop noise reduction effect to reduce grain and video noise• Use simple controls to quickly adjust the look and amount of noise reduction• Easily change processing order by dragging the noise reduction effect in the inspector• The viewer shows the noise reduction effect when paused and disables the effect when skimming for optimal performance• Apply 360° noise reduction to 360° video clips while preserving a flawless seam

Timecode window• View project and source timecode in one or more floating timecode windows• Resize the timecode window and drag any one to a second screen• Choose to display clip names and role names• Color coding in the timecode window matches the colors of roles in the timeline

Comparison Viewer• Open the Comparison Viewer to reference other frames for consistent color grading across your project• Quickly select the previous or next clip in the timeline as your reference frame• Save any image to the frame browser to reference it later in the Comparison Viewer

Tiny Planet• Select the Tiny Planet mapping option when adding 360º video to a non-360° project to create interesting spherical looks• Animate the field of view to transition from a close up to a satellite view flying high above your footage • Give 360° titles and generators a powerfully warped look by applying the Tiny Planet mapping option

Other new features• View, edit, and deliver closed captions in the SRT format, which is used by a wide range of websites including Facebook• Choose to burn closed captions into your video to ensure they appear at all times during playback• When dragging in the timeline to select a secondary storyline, you can now select individual clips or the entire secondary storyline• Instantly turn any photo or video into a comic book illustration using Comic filter then refine the comic book look with simple controls to adjust ink edges, fill, and smoothness

Ratings and Reviews

4.2 out of 5

840 Ratings

840 Ratings

KBeat
, 07/10/2017

Don’t beleive all the negativity, a remarkable NLE

When the revamped Final Cut Pro X first dropped, it upset many longtime users. There were legitimate issues at the time, with many features missing and an entirely new program to learn for editors that knew FCP like the back of their hands. Add to this the fact that Apple handled the update inelegantly, and it was quite the firestorm. However, that’s not Final Cut Pro X today.

Today Final Cut Pro X is an outstanding NLE. I think it’s the best in the business. When it comes to Final Cut, and Apple in general, there is a lot of schadenfreude out there. It can be hard to filter out the legitimate complaints. Try FCPX and see for yourself that it is far, far from “iMovie for prosumers”. It’s a great program for prosumers who want more than iMovie can offer, no doubt, but it’s also a superb tool for pros. Just ask the many that rely on it daily to edit television and film projects.

BTW: When you see a review that says “basically iMovie”, “very limited functionality”, or “not for professionals”, you can trust the reivewer either doesn’t know how to use the product (likely) or has an agenda in favor of Adobe (also likely). Given the number of commercials, documentaries, and feature films that have been edited using FCPX in just the last few months, it’s safe to say it’s neither iMovie or very limited. Just check with some of Hollywood’s best filmmakers to see if it’s “not for pros”.

Remscape
, 03/06/2018

A New Powerhouse

Seven years ago I left Final Cut Pro as my preferred editing suite, as many editors did at the time, for Adobe Premiere. I recently revisited Final Cut Pro X when I heard great things about their 10.4 update and….wow! I am honestly speechless at the vast amount of improvements made to this software. The developers really have done a fantastic job with this latest version of FCPX and I am blown away at how much more efficient and optimized the editing process has become, especially when compared to Premiere.

I went ahead and jumped into this software after a few short tutorials and found myself saving about an hour of time when compared to a similar video I recently edited in Premiere and this was after just getting started! Further, the export time was a little more than twice as fast as Premiere! I could go on and on here (I may make a video about this) but I am intrigued and exited for the future of my editing process. I’m not ready to jump ship from Premiere just yet but I am definitely making both Premiere and Final Cut Pro a part of my workflow now.

HUGE thanks to the developers for making Final Cut Pro X 10.4 easy to navigate, fresh and exciting, streamlined, professional and making the combined performance of FCP and Macs a powerhouse of a editing workstation!

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, 06/19/2018

Better than Davinci and Premiere for me

I’ve used Davinci and Premiere. FCP is just flat out better than the other two for my use case. I can see why someone would want to use the other two as there are aspects of both of those programs that have more options than FCP. However, one thing which is tough to deny is that FCP is WAY faster than either Davinci or Premiere. Yes I tried the latest version of Resolve and no the supposed speed increases and GPU optimization didn’t make it anywhere close to as fast as FCP. I suppose if you put together a $10,000+ workstation you may be able to reach some of the speed levels of the $3000 non-Pro iMac but I doubt it. Not to mention the monthly fee being really expensive for Premiere. Overall FCP is the best bang for your buck when it comes to speed. And the functionality has been getting better and better. Yes FCP X was weak when it launched replacing FCP 7 but it’s been improving and it’s caught up in most capacities. 10.3 was great for aesthetics of the program but 10.4 and bringing back color wheels (among other color grading options) to FCP was a great step to bringing it in line with the pro level NLEs. Highly recommended.